Dee Wallace (née Deanna Lee Bowers; born December 14, 1948), also known as Dee Wallace Stone, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Mary Taylor in the 1982 blockbuster science-fiction film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Wallace earned further recognition as a scream queen for starring in several horror films, including The Stepford Wives (1975), The Hills Have Eyes (1977), The Howling (1981), Cujo (1983), Critters (1986), Popcorn (1991), The Frighteners (1996), Halloween (2007), The House of the Devil (2009), and The Lords of Salem (2012).
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Early life
Wallace was born in Kansas City, Kansas. Wallace's father developed severe alcoholism before dying by suicide when Wallace was in high school. Her mother was a stage actress and producer who appeared in community-theater productions in Kansas City, which inspired Wallace's interest in acting. She is of German and Irish ancestry.
Wallace graduated from Wyandotte High School.
Career
Wallace began her career on television appearing in episodes of The Streets of San Francisco, Starsky & Hutch, and Police Woman, before appearing in the box-office horror hit films The Stepford Wives (1975) and The Hills Have Eyes (1977). In 1981, she played a leading role in the horror film The Howling opposite her husband Christopher Stone. They later starred together in Cujo (1983) based on Stephen King's 1981 novel of the same name.
